= Installing OpenMCL Via MacPorts =
[http://www.macports.org/ MacPorts] is the Darwin branch of the FreeBSD ports system; i.e. a system that provides a standard means to get lots of misc. software ported, and then installed on your Darwin machine. (Darwin's the unix variant OS under Mac OS X). Originally named DarwinPorts, it was recently renamed to MacPorts.
For Mac OS X users MacPorts provides a large set of "package files" that can be used to easily install stuff, especially stuff that requires other (sometimes non-obvious) stuff. This is consequently a convenient way to install Openmcl.
== Recipe ==
1. Point your browser at the MacPorts [http://svn.macosforge.org/repository/macports/downloads/ download] directory.
1. Select the most recent Subversion directory.
1. Grab the appropriate (10.3 vs. 10.4) disk image for your version of Mac OS X.
1. Run the installer, which will create the base MacPorts installation.
1. Add /opt/local/bin to your path.
The final step to '''OpenMCL''' bliss is to install the system, as follows:
{{{
My Computer:~ usert $ sudo port install openmcl
Password:
---> Unpacking tgz archive for openmcl 1.0_0
---> Cleaning openmcl
My Computer:~ usert$
}}}
Another road to '''OpenMCL''' bliss is to install the [http://www.wordtech-software.com/dpgui.html PortAuthority] GUI, which can be used to install '''OpenMCL''' and any package dependencies. You can then find the '''OpenMCL''' entry in the list of packages and install.
Things that may make you even happier:
* [InstallingEmacsViaMacPorts Installing Emacs via MacPorts]
* [InstallingSlime Installing Slime]